Hackberry Lane Expands Student Housing Portfolio to 4,000 Beds
The firm acquired roughly 1,650 beds near University of Florida and University of Alabama, deepening its bet on off-campus student housing.
Hackberry Lane, a vertically integrated student housing investment and operating firm based in New York, has closed multiple acquisitions near the University of Florida and the University of Alabama, adding approximately 1,650 beds to its growing portfolio, the company announced Nov. 6, 2026.
The transactions push Hackberry Lane's total holdings to roughly 4,000 beds, a milestone that reflects the firm's sustained focus on what it calls the student housing shadow market — off-campus, individually leased properties that serve university communities but are not purpose-built student housing towers.
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Both the University of Florida and the University of Alabama are described by the firm as core SEC conference markets, a designation that underscores the strategic importance of large flagship state universities with stable and sizable enrollment bases to Hackberry Lane's investment thesis.
The deals come as institutional investors have shown heightened interest in student housing as an asset class, drawn by historically low vacancy rates and the relative insulation of university enrollment from broader economic downturns. Hackberry Lane's vertical integration — managing both investment and operations in-house — positions the firm to exercise tighter control over asset performance as its footprint expands.
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